Sources

Zelizer, Barbie; Allan, Stuart. Journalism After September 11. Taylor & Francis, 2011. 2 October 2011 <http://lib.myilibrary.com?ID=324185>

This book is about the coverage of 9/11 on the media.  It is from the perspective of the media corporations.  According to the media, they had to sensor many of the facts that happened on 9/11 because the general public would not be able to handle the level of horror that our country faced on that tragic day. The article then goes on to explain how 9/11 has changed the amount of information the mainstream media portrays to the general public.  This source seems to be reliable because more than one person wrote it.  Also, it is a published book, therefore making more of an academic source than say an internet blog.  However, this is definitely biased because it is defending the media stations in how they handled 9/11.  The first part of the book will help my research paper.  However, the end of the book when it begins to talk about the transformation of what information the media could portray to the public before and after 9/11.

Loose Change. Dir. Dylan Avery. Prod. Kory Rowe, Daniel Sunjata. Microcinema International. 2005. DVD

The movie Loose Change is a movie based on the Conspiracy theory of 9/11.  This movie challenges all of the events that happened on that day and take into account that there are two sides to every story.  Many of the facts that happened during this day were not portrayed to the general public and were withheld either by the government or by the media.  However, there is no excuse for this.  This movie is somewhat reliable.  The kid that made it seems to me knowledgeable about the subject, however, he is using other scientists and experts work and just piecing facts together.  Therefore, he is not the one doing the actual scientific work, making it more reliable.  This information will really help my paper because it puts into the spot light all of the information that the Americans were unaware of.